18 Chapter 18 I am not the Captain

"and that's how Elder brother Usopp... " after this Jonny shop's his story and looks at Alex the the rest of the Straw Hat crew.

"Sigh~ I want to have a look around this village. " after a deep sigh Alex stands up from the spot he was initially sitting before announcing his thoughts.

"Just don't do anything drastic. " says Luffy without opening his eyes nor does he moves from his spot.

"OK I will remember that. " says Alex with a nod as he starts walking aimlessly.

While walking he discovered a new section in his system status window

[Devil Fruit energy consumption: 0

Devil Fruit stamina Consumption: 0]

'Let's try the limit of this new sitting. ' thought Alex as he when he made sure there is no one around him and opening his mini map he discovered discovered unlike before now his mini map cover the whole island and even 10 km of sea surface around the island.

Morver he can also see all the things that gets effected by his devil fruit power and as he zooms into the map he can also see all the house and looking at the Kokoyashi village he made a note to visit there after getting enough knowledge about his abilities and limitations.

'Now it's time I make some experiments with this Devil Fruit power. ' thought Alex as he puts his hand on the ground below before as he closes his eyes then started concentration and before long the ground below started shaking and soon small cracks started forming on it then black sand starts flying out as if a volcano just enraptured but before it can touch the ground Alex opens his eyes and 20 square meter around him is now a dark Iron zone.

"Sand shield. " says Alex as shield similar to Gara's covers him.

"Sand Golem."

"Sand Hound. "

"Sand Tornado. "

"Sand Drell. "

"Sand bullet. "

"Sand Slicer. "

After various transformation of the Iron sand when he gets to a satisfactory level he decided to visit Nami's village with a smile on his face.

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"Nojiko what happened why are you so tensed? " not soon after arriving at the village Alex hears someone calling out.

"Mom Arlong sent some to our house to get Nami. " says Nojiko will a panicked face.

"What are you waiting for let's go home, she is injured we can't let them take her. " says Bellmere as they rushed into the crowd.

"Bellmere is alive? " says Alex in surprise before following them.

Arriving at Nami's house Alex discovered a few Fishman at the gates of the house arguing with here and when Bellmere arrived with Nojiko she explained about Nami's injured arm but the Fishman disregarded it by explaining how Nami got it proving her loyalty to Arlong and she needs to come with them.

As the argument started getting dragged Nami promised to visit Arlong as soon as she feels good but they left the village only after giving Nami the time before Afternoon.

After they left Alex aproched the tangerine garden surrounding Nami's house and hearing his footsteps Bellmere asks "Hey kid what are doing here? "

"I have came to get a friend. " says Alex with a smile looking at the middle-aged red hair before him.

"That friend you came for is not going to come with you. " before Bellmere can say anything cried out Nami rushing infront of her.

"Nami. " says Alex as he looks at Nami with a serious face.

"Leave Alex I am not going to join you guys anymore besides I... " says Nami with a serious face.

"Alex, by that it's that Alex. " cried out Nojiko with excitement on her face as she pushed Nami to the side before she can finish her part tgen rushing beside Alex she introduced herself "Hi Alex I am Nojiko Nami's elder sister , after returning from the sea this time Nami told us a lot about you. "

"Hey kid don't you know it's not good to kiss a girl when she is trying to save your life. " asks Bellmere with anger as she suddenly pushed Nojiko to the side before punching Alex on the head.

Bang~

"Sorry, that was totally unintentional maam. " explains Alex holding his head in pain while muttering "Damn this family has some problem in the head, always punching me on the head. "

"What did you say kid? " asks Bellmere an angry face even though she has a smile on her face.

"Nothing. " not wanting to get punched Alex decided to playitsafe and stay silent for now when Nami rushed to scold him in frustration "Why are you guys not leaving already? "

"Althougt'I didn't join the crew for a long time however I am certain Luffy won't leave unless you return to the crew. " explains Alex with a sigh as he can clearly see Nami's sad and desperate tone ubder sll that anger and frustration.

"Didn't you see those Fishman from before, look at those upside down houses at the outside of the village, those are all there doing.

You are lucky they didn't notice you among the crowd else you would have been dead by now, so you better leave while you can before Arlong finds you. " explains Nami with serious face.

"Only if you join the crew. " says Alex with a smile on his face.

"Don't you understand what I am telling you? " asks Nami in frustration.

"Don't you understand I am not the Captain. " says Alex with a sigh.

"Fine do whatever you want I don't want to argue anymore. " says Nami before leaving them outside and rushing inside the house.

"Let's go inside the house Alex and you can tell us more about Nami's time with you guys. "